Shoe-tree.



J. E. BAKER.

SHOE TREE. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 28, 1907.

2 SHEETS-BHEBT l.

Patented June 1 Inventor:

Patented June 1 1909.

Attjf J. E. BAKER.

SHOE TREE. .APPLICATION rILED 001229, 1907.

Attest:

JAMES E. BAKER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHOE -TREE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1909.

Application led October 28, 1907. Serial No. 399,513.

To all `whom it may concern.'

Beit known that l, JAMES E. BAKER, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful 1inprovement in Shoe-Trees, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shoe trees and consists in the construction and operation of the handle thereof, all as hereinafter dcscribed and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings to which reference is made, and which forni a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a shoe tree embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the handle and its attaching plate or tang. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of a shoe tree having adjusting means operated by the handle, and Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of the handle and adjusting device applied thereto-the attaching plate or tang being a part of the adjusting device.

In the drawings 2 designates the front section of a shoe tree and 3 the heel section thereof hinged to the front section by a plate 4 and cross-pin 5. The heel section 3 1s provided with a handle 6 connected to it by a plate or tang 7. ln the form shown in Fig. 1, the attaching plate or tang 7 is fastened in the heel section by points 8 beveled at their lower ends, and spread apart laterally by a cross-pin 9. The upper end of the late 7 is formed with a diagonal slot 10, the ower end of the slot terminating near the front edge of the plate as shown in Fig. 1. The handle 6 is formed with a longitudinal chamber l2 in which is placed by preference a tube 13 containing a coiled spring 14, the upper end of which is attached to the top of the tube, if a tube is used. lf a tube is not used the upper end of the spring may be held by a cross-pin, as shown in dotted lines on Fig. 1. The lower end 15 of the spring is hitched into the diagonal slot 10 loosely so that it may slide freely therein. The handle 6 is by preference rovided at its lower end with a metal ferru e or cap 16 in which is formed an opening to receive the plate 7 and side openings 17 17, as shown in Fig. 2 so that these spaces will make a clearance for the hooked or looped end 15 of the spring at the time the handle is lifted up against the tension of the spring.

ln the form of construction shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the handle is not attached to a clenching plate 7, but is attached to a plate or tang 7 which is fastened to a rotating block 18 having cogs 19 which mesh with teeth 2O on a bar 21 for sliding the same backward and forward for adjusting the parts of the shoe tree as to length. The block 18 rotates in a vertical recess 22 and is provided with a bottom flange 23 which engages with the bar 21 so that the latter locks the adjusting block against longitudinal movement in the recess 22. A friction spring 24 prevents the parts from displacement and from moving of their own accord. The handle 6 in the modification shown in Fig. 3 and in detail in Fig. 4 is fastened to the plate or tang 7 by a plate 25 and a hinged pin 26, so that by turning the handle the block 18 may be rotated for adjusting the shoe tree. In a central recess 27 in the handle 6 is by preference fitted a tube 28 the lower end of which is provided with a seat or support 29 for the lower end of a spring 30. The upper end of the spring abuts against a cross-pin 31 or by preference against a disk 32 held by the said cross-pin. The upper end of the plate or tang 7 is of about the length above the block 18 as the diameter of the tube 28. When the handle is pulled upward against the pressure ofthe spring 30 it may be tipped over to horizontal position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and when in this position the spring acts to hold the bottom of the handle, or rather the bottom of the tube 28 against the front edge of the plate or tang 7, thus locking the handle in horizontal position.

ln the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the action is the same-that is to say, when the handle is lifted and turnedtohorizontal position the spring holds the bottom of the handle against the front edge of the late, and thus locks the handle in horizonte position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

1. A shoe tree having a plate or tang connected to the heel section thereof, a handle applied to said plate or tang and adapted to be tipped thereon to horizontal position, and a spring arranged to hold the handle in horizontal position, substantially as described.

2. A shoe tree having a plate or tang connected thereto, a handle applied to said plate or tang and adapted to be tipped to horizontal position, and a spring in said handle arranged to hold the bottom of the handle against the front edge of the plate or tang7 substantially as described.

8. A shoe tree having a plate or tang connected thereto, a handle applied to said plate or tang, and a spring arranged to hold the handle in upright position on said plate or tang, substantiallj)T as described.

4. A shoe tree having a plate or tang oonnected thereto, a handle applied to and adapted to slide on said plate or tang and adapted to be tipped to horizontal position and a spring arranged to hold said handle in upright position, and also to hold the bottom JAMES E. BAKER.

lf'itnesses LoUrs U. GAERTH, WILLIAM O, ENGELKE. 

